Category : International

Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa (TRC), a court-like body established by the new South African government in 1995 to help heal the country and...

F.W. de Klerk, whose full name is Frederik Willem de Klerk, was born on March 18, 1936, in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is widely known...

Robben Island, Afrikaans Robbeneiland, island in Table Bay, Western Cape province, South Africa. It is 5 miles (8 km) west of the mainland and 6...

Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was born to Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe on 5 December 1924 at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province. He was the youngest of five boys...

Shaka, also known as Chaka or Tshaka, was a prominent Zulu chief from 1816 to 1828 and the founder of the Zulu Empire in Southern...

Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), also called (1959–64) Pan-Africanist Congress, South African organization and later political party pursuing “Africanist” policies in South Africa (which they...

Sharpeville massacre, (March 21, 1960), incident in the black township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging, South Africa, in which police fired on a crowd of blacks,...

The Zulu people, a nation of Nguni-speaking individuals located in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, have a rich and complex history that has shaped...

Soweto, urban complex in Gauteng province, South Africa. Originally set aside by the South African white government for residence by blacks, it adjoins the city...